Menu
Olympics

Barcelona Mayor Xavier Trias Behind Campaign To Host 2022 Winter Olympics

Barcelona Mayor Xavier Trias on Monday ratified Barcelona's decision to compete to host a Winter Olympics, according to the EFE. During a business meeting "dedicated to intelligent cities" that was organized by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and the Barcelona Chamber of French Commerce, Trias recognized that the project "might seem ridiculous" but he said that "we will do it." In January of '10, then-Mayor Jordi Hereu "surprisingly announced the intention to present Barcelona's candidacy to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and regain the 'Olympic dream' of '92" (EFE, 6/10).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 9, 2024

WNBA regular season games to be available on Disney Plus; Candace Parker's new role at Adidas; Rory McIlroy will not return to PGA Tour Policy Board and Theo Epstein's role with the PGA Tour moving forward.

Phoenix Mercury/NBC’s Cindy Brunson, NBA Media Deal, Network Upfronts

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with SBJ NBA writer Tom Friend about the pending NBA media Deal. Cindy Brunson of NBC and Phoenix Mercury is our Big Get this week. The sports broadcasting pioneer talks the upcoming WNBA season. Later in the show, SBJ media writer Mollie Cahillane gets us set for the upcoming network upfronts.

SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2013/06/11/Olympics/Barcelona.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2013/06/11/Olympics/Barcelona.aspx

CLOSE